Llanerch-Ayron Halt railway station

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Llanerch-Ayron Halt
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Renovated station building near Llanerchaeron
General information
Location Ceredigion
Wales
Coordinates 52°13′03″N4°13′58″W / 52.2174°N 4.2328°W / 52.2174; -4.2328
Grid reference SN475600
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-groupingLampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 October 1911Station opened
12 February 1951Station closed (last train) [1]
7 May 1951Station closed (official) [1]
1963Closed for goods traffic
Location
Llanerch-Ayron Halt railway station
Section of the old railway near Llanerchaeron Former Railway near Llanerchaeron - geograph.org.uk - 742873.jpg
Section of the old railway near Llanerchaeron
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
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Lampeter
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Silian Halt
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Blaenplwyf Halt
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Talsarn Halt
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Felin Fach
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Green Grove Creamery
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Ciliau-Aeron Halt
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Crossways Halt
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Llanerch-Ayron Halt
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Aberayron

Llanerch-Ayron Halt was a small railway station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion serving the nearby estate of Llanerchaeron. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

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History

The branch was incorporated into the Great Western Railway at the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic from near Felin Fach ceased in 1973. [2] The halt had a single platform and the line nearby was placed in cuttings to hide the line from the owners of the Llanerchaeron estate. The trackbed here is now a footpath, and the platform, nameboard and pagoda-roofed GWR shelter have been restored. [3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Crossways Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Lampeter, Aberayron and
New Quay Light Railway
  Aberayron
Line and station closed

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 146.
  2. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
  3. Llanerchayron Halt Retrieved : 2012-09-25
Sources